Vaaranam Aayiram - Box Office Disaster
We are convinced Kollywood director Gautam Vasudev Menon must have really loathed his late father.
And Vaaranam Aayiram is Gautam Menon’s remorseless act of revenge on his old man for grievances, real or imagined.
How else can you explain this moron making an interminably long pathetic piece of shit a.k.a. Vaaranam Aayiram and then dedicating the nonsense to his dad.
There’s Forrest Gump and then there’s Cooum Dump oops Vaaranam Aayiram. (Just in case you are not from Tamil Nadu and happened to stumble upon this review, Cooum is that infamous stinking river in the state’s capital Chennai.)
Like director Robert Zemeckis in Forrest Gump, Gautam Menon sets off to tell the story of an ordinary man, actually two ordinary men here, father and son (both played by Surya) but unlike Zemeckis our Menon quickly falls flat on his face and just can’t get up for the rest of the movie.
Oh wait, lest he open himself to charges of stealing Forrest Gump outright, Menon’s thrown some new ingredients into the chamber-plot like bringing in the father angle and the so-called bond between father and son. All are given the amateurish treatment here unlike in that masterpiece Forrest Gump.
If you are the impatient, attention deficit disorder kind of guy demanding instant gratification, here’s a quick review summary of Vaaranam Aayiram - The story is less than gripping, Surya’s acting is so-so, the dialogs inanely banal, the songs soporifically dull and the dances, oh, they are straight from hell.
Bottomline: Boring shit. The audience at Movie City (Edison, NJ) didn’t seem too engrossed and there was constant chitchat and moving about in the hall.
And who do you think takes credit (should actually be discredit) for writing & directing this garbage - Gautam ‘inept’ Menon.
Given the shoddy story and screenplay of Vaaranam Aayiram, even Brando couldn’t have salvaged this trash.
As crude as Menon’s last film Pachaikili Muthucharam, Vaaranam Aayiram lacks the finesse that made Forrest Gump one of the classics of the movie business.
Vaaranam Aayiram begins with a very sick Krishnan (the father Surya) wheezing and panting laboriously and quickly kicking the bucket but not before vomitting the obligatory pint of blood (Menon, you think Tamil movie fans are such retards that they won’t be convinced someone’s really sick unless they see him puke blood on the bathroom floor?).
The news is quickly conveyed to the son Major Surya, who’s in an helicopter on a rescue mission.
The story is then narrated in flashback, going as far back as his father’s college days, and ends with the old man’s funeral but not before subjecting the audience to a sadistically tedious 2hr-45 minutes.
Surya the son is so-so except in some scenes where he completely fails to deliver the goods. For instance, when he’s in the hospital in the U.S. and when he’s in the phone booth talking to his parents, Surya is all at sea (a so-so Surya is infinitely better than our Ultimate non-Star Ajith). Surya is much better in the role of the father.
Also, the younger Surya’s descent into alcohol and drugs were crudely handled by Menon.
The train scene when the younger Surya first meets Sameera Reddy had some life and some interesting moments.
As long as she’s not required to say anything or move a step, that baby elephant Sameera Reddy is alright. Otherwise she bares her ugly fangs.
When Sameera Reddy tells Surya she’s in love with him, the dialog and scene had as much emotional intensity and feeling as a routine pass the ketchup request at the dinner table.
Simran and Divya Spandana didn’t do much damage.
Except for the Adiye Kolluthey song (ugly picturization though), music in Vaaranam Aayiram is forgettable.
Charging $15 for the Vaaranam Aayiram garbage is nothing short of robbery. To our previous characterization of Gautam Menon as a mediocre film-maker, we must now add the title of petty-thief.
If you have any respect for your hard-earned money, stay away from this plague called Vaaranam Aayiram. Life’s too short to be wasted on such crap.
P.S: Will Anil Ambani fix the disgrace of Phoenix Adlabs Movie City theatre in Edison (NJ). Those duffers at the theatre can’t run a movie without messing it up. They did it twice in Vaaranam Aayiram (the frames keep getting split up on the screen).
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Vaaranam Aayiram - Box Office Disaster
Why Just 15 Minutes? Cut 2 Hrs:45 Min of VA, Please
ooooh…disappointing….a lot of expectations for this movie though……..u probably saved me 150 bucks
and kudos for the quick review
maybe out of topic.. anyway..
why is it in indian movies, the grandfather, father and the son must have the same face i.e same actor..
cut cost measurement?
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: why is it in indian movies, the grandfather, father and the son must have the same face
Best question asked so far on the SearchIndia.com blog.
I have watched Gautham Menon’s earlier movies Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein (remake of his own Minnale), Kakha Kakha, Vettiyadu Vilayadu (VV) and PachaiKili Muthucharam (PM), although I can just about understand Tamil.
Kakha Kakha was perhaps the best. Taut, fine songs, and very less nonsense.
RTHDM was watchable largely due to Madhavan and the music of Harris J.
But in the remaining two movies, Menon goes downhill.
I was wondering what exactly was Raghavan instinct (other than driving along some rather shady and less travelled roads, whether in India or USofA, and digging up dead bodies from the most obscure of places). Kamal’s investigative skills in VV appear rather amateurish, and Menon is to blame.
I always thought Sarath Kumar is a loud actor devoid of restraint, but up to some part in PM, he proved otherwise. Then the real Sarath made his appeararance, the hero Sarath, who takes on an army of goons lead by that victim of Down’s syndrome Jyothika, who, only a few reels back, was playing seductress. While both VV and PM had some above average songs, and decent premise, especially PM, I thought Menon messed up the movies almost immedeatly after the beginning.
I am surprised that Menon is still regarded as one of the better directors in Tamil Cinema.
Can you briefly post the meanings of the titles of the movies mentioned above ? I understand Kakha is probably same as Kakhi (the color of the uniform of Police in India), but Vettiyadu Vilayadu, PachaiKili Muthucharam, and Vaaranam Aiyaram are beyond my vocabulary (except that I know, Kili in Tamil means parrot).
Searchindia.com Responds:
1. You write above: Kakha Kakha was perhaps the best. Taut, fine songs, and very less nonsense.
Yes, we agree. After Kakka Kakha, Gautam Menon’s been careening downhill and ripping off moviegoers.
We’ve watched & listened to the Uyin Uyire song 100 million times. OK, that’s an exaggeration…we’ve watched it only 99 million times.
2. You write: I am surprised that Menon is still regarded as one of the better directors in Tamil Cinema
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man from Kerala is King.
3. You forgot Kamal’s homophobic comments in VV.
4. You write: I always thought Sarath Kumar is a loud actor devoid of restraint
Sarath Kumar is loud. Period. The other words actor & restraint are not in his lexicon.
5. Loose translations:
Vaaranam Aiyaram - strength of a thousand elephants
Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu - Hunt and play.
Kaakka Kaaka - To protect
You’ve all the rights to disagree with a movie. But then avoid using this kinda lines.
“We are convinced Kollywood director Gautam Vasudev Menon must have really loathed his late father”
You are no one to speak about the bond between Goutham and his father. What is it to you?
Review only the movie! Speaking about one’s feeling is atrocious and unfair.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: You are no one to speak about the bond between Goutham and his father. What is it to you?
The fact that this abomination is dedicated to his father, a detail made cloyingly explicit at the end of the movie, makes our point relevant to the review.
i ve already lost respect to gautam menon since vettaiyadu vilaiyadu , he is beginning to draw inspirations from hollywood,, he was good as long as he did his original storylines that is upto kakha kakha …. when i saw pachai kili i felt ashamed… still i believe he is a good director … but he has to forget about hollywood and start doing movies with his original story and screen play …. and i never thought surya is better than ajith after seeing ajiths performances in amarkalam and vaali.. so i recommend searchindia to watch out for movies from cheran ameer (who recently received an international award for his masterpiece ” paruthi veeran “) to get a clear idea about where kollywood is heading instead of watching shitty movies of vijay ( a real shame to tamil cinema who continues to believe that what he does is attaracting people) and still i yet to see a good movie from hollywood after ” the dark knight ” this year.. is a messed up year for hollywood also … i am starving to find some good hollywood movies from this year…. one more thing ….. why searchindia is not reviewing teen comedies such as ” superbad ” which i think the best in its genre..
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: when i saw pachai kili i felt ashamed
When we watched Pachakilli Muthucharam, we felt like bringing back the guillotine.
2. You write: this year.. is a messed up year for hollywood also
Every year is annus horribilis for Kollywood.
i have not seen the movie - but
SI : music in Vaaranam Aayiram is forgettable.
The music is mindblowing and has already topped the charts ..this is by far the best album of 2008.
As far as the movie is concerned … i will comment after watching it …
Rather than Ajith , comparisons with SI would be more appropriate !!! . you could use that as a Synonym.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: Rather than Ajith , comparisons with SI would be more appropriate !!! . you could use that as a Synonym
As we’ve told you on several occasions earlier, before you start typing your next idiotic comment you might want to consider chopping off all your errant fingers lest they type some rubbish yet again.
Since you appear to be too much of a schmuck to learn without some graphic props, watch Malcolm McDowell in Passage (1979) as he does a terrifyingly good finger-chopping job on his prisoner.
We are sure in whichever prison you call home there must be a big mama willing to do that to a lil girlie like you.
2. You write: this is by far the best album of 2008
Yeah right. And the comparisons are with kuppa like Aegan, Kuruvi, Bheema, Satyam, Kuselan…
We are sure some lobotomized idiot made a movie called kuppathotti and Vaaranam Aayiram songs are better than that too. Happy?
You are obssessed with Ajith … I am not sure if even a Ajith Fan would think / refer to him with an alarming frequency as yours truly. Is Ajith also there in this movie ????
Anyways .. I remember you having posted extracts of reviews in other websites to pan a movie … Here are some of them for you … so that you dont have to go through the trouble …hope you will post the links below from .. Sify , Rediff , MSN ..
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SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: I am not sure if even a Ajith Fan would think / refer to him with an alarming frequency as yours truly
Don’t use expressions like yours truly if you don’t know what they mean. Stick to what you picked up from Learn English in 365 months through Tamil.
Yours truly usually means oneself not what you mean above.
(From Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition P.1454
yours truly: I, me, myself)
Here’s an example of correct usage: Yours truly is convinced that each time Srinivas put its fingers to a keyboard, it commits murder, most foul.
2. You write above: You are obssessed with Ajith
Hardly. We only use him as a frame of reference to highlight the depths to which bad acting can descend.
3. You write: I remember you having posted extracts of reviews in other websites to pan a movie
Well, in your adrenaline rush you forgot the Behindwoods link.
Let’s try to be Fair & Balanced, the goal of the SearchIndia.com blog. Here’s an excerpt from the BW review about this tripe a.k.a Vaaranam Aayiram:
@sanewar (Saturday?) - Superbad was funny. All movies involving Seth Rogen seem to be good..
Did you watch Pineapple express, Tropical Thunder.. those got good reviews.. but I’d wait for DVD.
Yes SI..In fact u r Obssesed with Ajith..Did U have Ajith in Mind while Watching VA.
BTW That is why you forgot to watch the Movie..and u’r review on the Movie is infact Pathetic to the Core.
Please do not Compare VA with Forrest Gump..Forrest Gump was a Hollywood and VA Is a Tamil Movie.
I watched VA Yesterday in Chicago Yesterday. Except a few Ameturish Scenes and The Movie length 3.15 Hrs. I defenetly thing VA Is one of the Good movies Tamil Film Industry has Produced.
Again I do not Understand In your point of view what a Good Movie means.
Dasavatharam was Crap, Kireedom, Mughavari, Godfather aND All Ajith Movies are Crap. Now VA Is on u’r list.
Pokiri was a Great Movie..
BTW It is high time hubbers realise that u r not fit to review a movie.
IMHO I paid 45 Dollars and watched this movie with my Family. and everyone enjoyed the Honest Straight from the heart movie.
Thanks
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: BTW It is high time hubbers realise that u r not fit to review a movie.
What the f*** are you writing here. This is not the hub forum, whacko. You are on the SearchIndia.com blog, the best source for Bollywood, Kollywood & Hollywood reviews.
2. You write: I defenetly thing VA Is one of the Good movies Tamil Film Industry has Produced
Were you wanking your meat in the dark that you confuse the euphoric release for the movie VA.
3. You write: u’r review on the Movie is infact Pathetic to the Core
Have you ever tried reading what you write after you finish. Better not, lest you feel compelled to inflict injury on yourself.
Trey
Suberbad was a Ugly movie with Crude Comedy.
Pineapple Express is just an O.K Movie
Tropic Thunder, Not Tropical Thunder was again an Ordinary movie..it is no where near Ben Stiller’s 40 year old Virgin.
@ trey, saturday is far away from my actual name…..
Tropic Thunder was hilarious,whenever i think of kirk lazarus, i start to laugh my stomach out….
waiting for pineapple express to come on dvd….
if u get a chance , watch transsiberian - decent movie
Yes..Mr Shakesphere..
I will try to read what I write..But before u post a review why not read the piece of S*** that you write a So called a Bullshit review.
Why Comment on me u pathetic Physco..Comment on your review.
BTW Again u’ve proved that u cannot stand or tolerate someone critizising your review. Your comments on the movie shows that you have to grow up quite a bit. So grow up Kiddo..and take it easy.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: Physco..Comment on your review.
Comments are meant for you, whacko. Not for the author to post.
And WTF is Physco?
2. You write above: BTW Again u’ve proved that u cannot stand or tolerate someone critizising your review
We tolerate all shades of opinions.
The fact that we post your garbage is ample proof of how tolerant we are of different opinions, even if some of them (like yours) amount to no more than the gibberish chatter of red-bottomed monkeys.
To my dear dear SI mates,
As i said I’m a fan of your reviews, and i just wanna gove some pointers to you, please consider.
1.) Are you being too harsh? Well, please stop comparing to hollywood movies or else you’ll hardly have a good movie in a decade especially in Kollywood.
2.) Please be a bit lenient wid your reviews. Is this the same trash that Ajith or Vijay had been dumping on the kollywood industry? Or rajnikanth’s overacting piece of shit? So atleast mention that.
And what do you think about surya? How was his perfomance compared to Vijay, Ajith, etc.???
Can you name a better movie than this in the recent past from kollywood that isn’t a scene by scene rip off?
Answer please
PS: Reminder - Awaiting eagerly for Iruvar review
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: How was his perfomance compared to Vijay, Ajith, etc.???
Compared to Ajith, even a Karupaapuchi (cockroach) would do better. That duffer can’t act for the life of him. Maybe, he ought to have stuck to autorickshaws, cyclerickshaws or whatever he was racing earlier. Vijay is a little better. Surya is most likely the best of the the three.
That said, comparing one Tamil actor to another is like asking Does cow dung stink less than horse dung?
Of hand, we can think of only Kamal Haasan and Pasupathy who have something resembling talent.
2. You write: Are you being too harsh?
We don’t know about you. But when we pay $15 for a ticket, we want our money’s worth.
3. You write: Well, please stop comparing to hollywood movies or else you’ll hardly have a good movie in a decade especially in Kollywood
So, are you going to compare Ajith with Vijay…Vijay with Surya, Vishaal with Simbhu, Vadivelu with Vivek & Trisha with Nayantara?
The simple truth of the matter is that given the large number of movies India makes, much of it is unwatchable garbage.
True, Hollywood makes garbage too but they also make good movies there as well as in Europe.
4. You write: Can you name a better movie than this in the recent past from kollywood that isn’t a scene by scene rip off?
Maybe, if we hadn’t seen Forrest Gump, we might have liked VA.
For a villager from Kadampuliyur, Rippon Building in Chennai looks like the grandest edifice in the world until he sees the Taj Mahal.
Thanks for the English lessons .. i was expecting that …
BTW ..the book is called ..learn English from Tamil in 30 days … maybe you used the 365 months one .. took a long time to learn ..that’s why your’s is good … anyway ..that’s not the point ..
SI: Well, in your adrenaline rush you forgot the Behindwoods link.
I just went for reviews in reputed sites .. like Sify , Rediff and MSN …also viewer’s feedback counts …
Read the whole review again on Behind Woods
SI:Fair & Balanced, the goal of the SearchIndia.com blog.
All the above including Behind woods have been Fair & Balanced,highlighting good and bad points of the movie .
Opinions might differ … but you are simply not able to see anything good … lot of negativity … maybe you need some help .. i suggest read all these reviews again and again … before you write your next review.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Obviously, sarcasm is lost on dolts.
VA has little merit in it.
sanewar - transiberian is great … visuals of Russia / Siberia are great .. and above all the punch comes in the form of Ben Kingsley , who makes a rather late entry in the movie.
The Guy has gone nuts…don come to a decision based on this Bull***t. The movie is good and it was certainly worth the money spent.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: The movie is good and it was certainly worth the money spent.
Sure if you have money to burn, if your name is thavakalai and if crap turns you on.
Bimmer,
Lay off the chronic. Steve Carell, not Ben Stiller, was the 40-Year Old Virgin and that movie was average compared to the brilliance of Superbad.
How much do you get paid to tear apart a tamil movie? Or is it a sadistic pleasure that you get?
Please for hell’s (you seem to like this word a lot) sake, dont compare Hollywood with Kollywood at least until 2050.
Gautam has to satisfy all types of audience and that is sadly the state of most directors in Kollywood.
If you can, please donate some money towards educating at least 1 poor child in India and India could see more literate people sooner because literacy is a pre-requisite to appreciate a good film.
Movies like Nayagan doesn’t happen very often, so the only solution is time.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: How much do you get paid to tear apart a tamil movie?
Since when did they start paying reviewers who turn their critical lens on every movie.
2. You write: dont compare Hollywood with Kollywood at least until 2050.
Good Tamil movies by 2050? Now you are being too optimistic.
1. You write above: Good Tamil movies by 2050? Now you are being too optimistic.
This goes back to question how sooner India can see close to 100% literacy. The question is, can you help? If you have already, then you’ll have to wait. But there is definitely a rising curve that is sadly being pulled down constantly by some scallywags in the industry.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: But there is definitely a rising curve that is sadly being pulled down constantly
If that is so, it must be a closely guarded secret or you must have a third Eye to see incredible things that us ordinary mortals miss.
Let’s look at the parade of garbage making its way out of Kollywood lately - Kuruvi, Bheema, Kuselan, Indralogathil Naa Alagappan, Satyam, Aegan or stolen stuff like Saroja,
Some rising curve.
To all the guys who feel the reviews here in SI are too harsh, I personally believe the reviews here are objective and without bias. Ofcourse the reviews are harsh but thats how the review should be. People pay money to watch movies, they spent their money and time so that they could have some entertaintment. If they are not getting their worth, it is the job of the reviever to warn them to not waste thier money.
As of Indian movies, such reviews are required as 99 % movies are crap and we dont want to waste money because we have it to spend.
As far reviews from websites like MSN, Sify etc. are concerned, their review makes even the crappiest movie made look like a Steven Speilberg Classic. These sites are not worthy reviewers.
As a result of relying on such reviews, we Indians have got accustomed to watch any crappy movie that comes out in market and waste money.
So far my previous comments have been on the appreciation side of your appraisals. i greatly enjoyed when you thrashed kuselan,dasa n other movies.there was a row of your thrashings in the recent times except for forrest gump,anbe sivam n some others.when i read this review i thought this guys’ real time business would have become a damp-squib due to the financial market crash everywhere n he has started to pour out all his anger n grief at places where it does not deserve.
what the hell your eyes saw & ears heard while watching VA,i dont know. Surya was rockin,all other characters were apt..and they acted really well..Songs were very good,cinematography-great….screenplay was convincing even though it was quite dragging at parts. By the way dont compare this with Forrest gump.it’s the greatest of the greatest. Comparison with hollywood films is worthless primarily due to cultural differences,which you find hard to understand. When you move across and compare different culture films the rating should be done and would be effective only if it’s based on the entertainment quotient & logic in portrayal.
What logic n entertainment you saw missing in this film.there were some like….the background sets were somewhat artificial in DAD surya’s college days…the song ava enna enna thedi vanda anjale was artificial…(they were minor defects)the screenplay would be dragging as you had said if you’d gone to the film with the expectation of fireworks as in pokiri. watch the film once again without expectations….it has pleasantness…..
I also wanted to ask you something reg comparisons.what makes you say pokiri is good….have you compared with the original mahesh babu”pokiri”..can you spot out 7 differences between those films….it’s a damn rip-off even in mannerisms of characters.you compare VA with forrest gump n dont compare pokiri with pokiri. VA has nothing to do with Forrest gump…they were almost different. Saroja was an outright theft,you said.not completely actually because the entire stolen screenplay was woven with humor and was completely dependent on it,which the original hadn’t.
saw you make some good english lessons with the above comments (think this thing’s also’ll get)….you teach lessons good but not getting to the point to the commenter’s questions in most cases… just because you have a commendable language doesn’t make you a good reviewer. Highlight all the aspects of the films.Appreciate positive things….which you do very less n important of all learn to accept your mistakes…
wish you’d direct a film and i’d got it reviewed……Hope you’ll recover frm the market let down n get back on track fresh…GET WELL SOON.
SearchIndia.com Review:
Thanks for your elaborate review oops comment.
1. You write above: I also wanted to ask you something reg comparisons.what makes you say pokiri is good….have you compared with the original mahesh babu”pokiri”..can you spot out 7 differences between those films….it’s a damn rip-off even in mannerisms of characters….Saroja was an outright theft,you said.not completely actually because the entire stolen screenplay was woven with humor and was completely dependent on it,which the original hadn’t.
Whoever coined the term bizarre probably had you in mind.
You compare a remake of a film (in this case the Telugu & Tamil versions of Pokiri) and then complain that there are no differences. Two sentences later, you tacitly justify Saroja’s theft because there was some humor in it unlike in the Hollywood original.
Pokiri (Tamil) was a nice amalgam of action, love, humor, twists and music.
2. You write above: VA has nothing to do with Forrest gump…
For sure, Surya is not Tom Hanks. And Gautam Menon is not Robert Zemeckis.
But at a conceptual level, the movies are similar in terms of tracing the lives of two average Joes over a multi-decade period.
Some techniques like flashback, themes like destiny, army… appear in both movies.
Where they differ is that Forrest Gump was a masterpiece while VA was a piece of crap.
3. You write: By the way dont compare this with Forrest gump.it’s the greatest of the greatest. Comparison with hollywood films is worthless primarily due to cultural differences,which you find hard to understand.
We completely disagree. What would you have us do…Compare VA with Indralogathil Naa Azhagapan or Aegan?
We have said this a gazillion times. It’s perfectly alright to compare movies across geography and time. At its basic level, movies are just a medium or form of entertainment.
4. You write: Comparison with hollywood films is worthless primarily due to cultural differences,which you find hard to understand
That is a completely unjustifiable justification.
Hollywood is the inspiration for most Indian film-makers…and if you crack open our desi movie-makers skulls, you’d be hardpressed to find a single original idea.
Your so-called cultural differences between Hollywood & Kollywood movies did not prevent that Thirutu Nai Venkat Prabhu from stealing from a Hollywood movie, making a few cosmetic changes and fobbing it off as an original.
If Hollywood movies are not the relevant comparison, why would the Bollywood and Kollywood buffoons steal from so many English movies. Examples: Aanai, Thenali, Saroja…ad nauseum ad infinitum.
5. You write: screenplay was convincing even though it was quite dragging at parts
Wrong. It was mostly dragging in VA.
6. You write: there was a row of your thrashings in the recent times except for forrest gump,anbe sivam n some others.
You can’t call a lump of coal as a diamond because it’s still work in progress.
Yes, we were critical of recent movies like Satyam, Aegan, Kuselan…But they were all garbage.
What would you have us do…sing paeans to trash?
7. You write: i thought this guys’ real time business would have become a damp-squib due to the financial market crash everywhere n he has started to pour out all his anger
Here are some reviews done a few years back before the financial market crash: Aanai, Thenali, Dharma Durai…We could offer similar examples with our Bollywood reviews as well but since your above review oops comment is restricted to Tamil movies, we won’t bother.
So, cut the arm-chair, amateur psycho-analysis babble, Freud. Our reviews have nothing to do with the Dow or Nadaq or Sensex.
Most Tamil or Hindi movies are either unendurable crap or stolen.
8. You write: watch the film once again without expectations….it has pleasantness…..
There is absolutely no meaning in the above sentence.
When we pay $15 for a ticket, it’s like any other business transaction. In exchange for the $, we certainly have an expectation that in return the director/producer/actors will deliver a quality movie not a half-baked, asinine movie.
Forgot one thing……plz explain clearly, what do you mean as a GOOD film??……..
SearchIndia.com Responds:
When we pay $15 for a movie, we expect to be entertained not bored.
Ideally, we’d like an original, novel story (unrealistic to expect this from Indian moviemakers), meticulous & taut screenplay (not something written on one-side of a napkin), solid acting (not the Ajith nonsense), good action scenes (if the script or movie demands it), decent music (we are tired of seeing songs suddenly appear without any logic but again we are realistic enough to accept that this won’t change), graceful dancing not the hippo-version and shorter films with better editing.
What we are tired of in Indian movies: repeated stealing of plots/scenes and music and then claiming they are original like that Thirutu Nai or filming in foreign locales like Switzerland, Poland, Australia, Namibia or wherever without any logic in the hope (from moviemakers) that viewers will be bamboozled by the the picturesque scenes and not notice the absence of a story or acting.
Going to Movies is an expensive proposition these days.
In the U.S. Tamil movie ticket prices can run as high as $25 (Sivaji)…In India too, we hear ticket prices run into several hundred Rupees.
When tickets prices are so high, there’s no excuse for not delivering on the promise of entertainment.
exactly, I did mean the same. Movies that you have mentioned are a crap but deplorably you are not able to understand the reason behind it that I mentioned in my first comment. I am not looking at improvements on a monthly or seasonal basis but movies like Paruthiveeran, Mozhi and Veyyil are definitely in the right direction. You dont have to be a brainiac to identify crap movies.
Mr sugat123, may I know how much you have contributed to India’s overall developments (sorry I dont mean yours)?
It’s pathetic to see Indians sitting in US and comment on the Indian movies’ ineptitude. By just sending money home and building on the country’s foreign exchange doesn’t mean you are doing a favor, blockheads!
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. We like Mozhi and to some extent Veyyil too…but unlike you we see them as aberrations rather than as a trend.
2. You write: Mr sugat123, may I know how much you have contributed to India’s overall developments (sorry I dont mean yours)?… By just sending money home and building on the country’s foreign exchange doesn’t mean you are doing a favor, blockheads.
You schucko, what’s anyone’s contribution or donation to India got anything to do with VA.
What’s the relationship between the price of onions in Vaniyambadi and George Bush’s foreign policy.
3. You write above: It’s pathetic to see Indians sitting in US and comment on the Indian movies’ ineptitude.
And what the f*** is pathetic about Indians sitting in the U.S. and commenting on Tamil movies…Why should that be verboten, you dummkopf.
Are you the censor-police or what…only Indians in India should write about Tamil movies but it’s alright to deepthroat their $$$.
BTW, are Sri Lankan Tamils allowed to write on Tamil movies. And what about people in Porur, Nungambakkam, Ayanavaram, Tiruvotriyur…are they allowed to comment on Indian movies.
Maybe, we should restrict comments on Tamil movies to the residents of Kodambakkam.
God forbid that you should ever run a blog, it’d be so uni-dimensional with no room for contrary viewpoints.
You seem to belong to the homo idiot species (not referring to gays here, you dodo) that believes in the credo: Hurray, I have a keyboard, so I must type a nonsensical comment.
Ok..normally i would think the review here is bit blatant, I assume that the review was written immediately once the author exit the theatre, cos i felt the same way.
I watched here in chennai at abirami mall, 10 pm show and it was a gruelling experience until some 1:15 am or so. When the intermission came after first half, almost everybody in my gang, and those around us in the hall felt that we’ve already seen one full length movie (because of sheer torture we went through and not by the length mind you), so whats more in the second half. Almost from the second half, everybody was eagerly waiting for just one scene. (And pls dont ask me if we were expecting some turning point in the plot) THE END of course!! When the movie would get over..Just when we all were thinking that the movie would get over, there are more scenes, more emotions, more torture, thanks to Gautam.
Ok Gautam wanted to tribute a movie to his father. Fair enough. May be Gautam wanted the film to be this way or may be not..I dont mind.. But what i really mind is that how could he release this movie for public viewing. He should have had this on his personal movie library, and not given us a paid torture.
The only movie i liked of gautam was Kaakka Kaakka,which I can see most people here seem to agree. But Kollywood has glorified him to be next to mani ratnam kind of directors which is absolute bull shit.
Final Verdict (Not just mine, I can very confidently include every other living thing in that hall watching the 10 pm show along with us): One of my friends said he was going to write his CAT exam the coming Sunday, and when some guy in front row heard this, all he said was “Yaaru pa inga CAT yezhutharathu, Velangirum!!”. When the movie did get over, you should see the euphoria among the audience in the theatre as if people just heard on the radio that India has become independent. I think that sums it all.
Hey!! The music is not all that bad I guess. I like Nenjukku Peithidum(the version sung by Hariharan) and Adiyae Kolluthae.
PS: Sorry for such a lengthy review, couldn’t shorten it.Its my first post here. Will improvise i guess
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: When the movie did get over, you should see the euphoria among the audience in the theatre as if people just heard on the radio that India has become independent.
Funny.
2. You write above: Ok Gautam wanted to tribute a movie to his father. Fair enough. May be Gautam wanted the film to be this way or may be not..I dont mind.. But what i really mind is that how could he release this movie for public viewing. He should have had this on his personal movie library, and not given us a paid torture.
We agree.
3. You write above: When the intermission came after first half, almost everybody in my gang, and those around us in the hall felt that we’ve already seen one full length movie
Interesting because the folks sitting behind us for the 8PM show of VA at Movie City (Edison, NJ) had a similar feeling.
The audience was restless…continuous chattering, moving about..some were loudly regretting that they had not gone to Quantum of Solace (we have midnight shows here on Thursday night i.e after 12.00 AM Friday for new movies).
4. You write: The only movie i liked of gautam was Kaakka Kaakka,which I can see most people here seem to agree. But Kollywood has glorified him to be next to mani ratnam kind of directors which is absolute bull shit
There seems to be serious paucity of talent in the Tamil movie industry more so than in Bollywood. That’s the reason folks like Gautam Menon are able to get away with mediocrity and are hailed as visionaries.
I request you to stop writing reviews….
SearchIndia.com Responds:
And we request you to throw your keyboard out of the window.
BimmΞr, Superbad was a fine movie.. And as Gora, said it was better than 40 yo virgin.. And the “Tropical” was just a slip of the finger..
http://google.com/trends?q=tropic,+tropical&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
will explain why that is pardonable..
Looks like the VA review is more popular than Aegan.
Sanewar, thanks for the tip on Transsiberian.. I am a huge Emily Mortimer fan.. (she has done some of my most favorite nude scenes ever. “Lovely & Amazing” has her best (nude)work, as you probably know.)
@ Searchindia
Totally satisfied with your answers.
Yeah 15$ for a crap, yup, i can understand, and even i would write something same (or worse
)
Among the youngsters only Surya and Vikram has proved that they can perform.. Loved Gautham’s Kaakha kaakha.
Surprising that you liked adiyey kolluthen alone. I liked mundhinam song as well.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: Among the youngsters only Surya and Vikram has proved that they can perform..
We think Vikram is the probably the best of the younger lot…he was pretty impressive in Anniyan.
As we wrote a few years back in our Anniyan review:
@ The Gora
I was assuming It was Ben Stiller, Both these guys look pretty similar.
BTW I did Like superbad, But It was way too Crude.
The great reviewer,
why do u review about Tamil movies? i think ur crazy of english movies coz i have seen ur earlier review of vetayadu velayadu, dasavatharam. u always compare an Indian movie with an English one and u write only bullshit! And talking about Gautham Menon’s relationship with his father is none of ur business!
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: why do u review about Tamil movies
This forum is not for cretins like you who are still in diapers. Out.
2. You write above: u always compare an Indian movie with an English one
You forget the fact that a lot of Indian movies (both Tamil and Hindi) are plagiarized from Hollywood.
3. You write: talking about Gautham Menon’s relationship with his father is none of ur business
That is very pertinent because this torture a.k.a. Vaaranam Aayiram is dedicated to Gautham’s old man, a point the mis-director explicitly highlighted at the end.
Dont bother to reply for my previous response. Again itz gonna be another bullshit and i promise will not come back to view your crap!
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You are probably going to come back & write a comment in a different name.
But if you stick to your promise, we’ll break a coconut in your nutty name, vidhy-asuran.
We will have to wait for tamil movies to be on par with hollywood until 2050.
But SI Reviews will Still remain the same Crap. You will never learn to write a review.
BTW U wrote that Pokiri was a Good Movie. what did u like in Pokiri that you did not like in Varanam Ayiram.
If some one critizes your review. try to answer the questions rather than taking english lessons.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: BTW U wrote that Pokiri was a Good Movie. what did u like in Pokiri that you did not like in Varanam Ayiram.
We have answered this question earlier. Please go back to the earlier comments & read our response.
2. You write: But SI Reviews will Still remain the same Crap. You will never learn to write a review
And your tail wouldn’t have grown any shorter.
3. You write: try to answer the questions rather than taking english lessons
It’s not merely about the English, though you wouldn’t understand it.
When we post a review or you post a comment, both of us ought to be mindful that tens of thousands of people invest precious time reading this blog.
So it’s our obligation and yours to treat readers with respect by being mindful of what we write and our Ps and Qs.
Oh be it so…It doesn’t change the fact that you are a tirade spitting A****l*…and a cynic of the top draw…
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Vandattanga pa comedy pasanga (here come the clowns). Sigh.
If u complain about spending 15$ Then don’t watch them atleast we would not have to look at these rottrn reviews.
Pokkiri was a Nice Amalgam of Mahesh Babu’s actions.
Comparing VA with Forrest Gump is way too ridiculus while u cannot compare Telugu Pokiri to Tamil.
U have to agree on One thing If u’r review on VA is right then U’r review on Pokiri is thrash.
But the Bottom Line is that u still have a long way to go writing reviews.
As much as you try your best to Critize a movie. Please take some efforts to digest our comments as well.
All you try to do is to correct someone’s spelling and Grammer, Crib abt your lost 15$, Comparing with a Hollywood Movie. u need to Understand that the movie is intended for Tamil Audiances and Not targeted for an Osacar or reach American people.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write: the movie is intended for Tamil Audiances and Not targeted for an Osacar or reach American people
For an idiot who can’t spell Oscar…you really bray too much.
If they don’t want to reach American people (a lot of Indians in the U.S. are Americans), why are they releasing movies here?
2. You write: Then don’t watch them atleast we would not have to look at these rottrn reviews
Nobody is holding a gun to your head to read our Hindi or Tamil reviews.
You come to the SearchIndia.com blog because you obviously derive some value here.
You said: We have said this a gazillion times. It’s perfectly alright to compare movies across geography and time. At its basic level, movies are just a medium or form of entertainment.
what u said is right…..but that doesn’t suit good to adaptations…..adaptation is different from remakes(or thefts).if u say there’s a link between VA and forrest gump,then it’s an adaptation……which is different frm remakes like saroja,pokiri etc…
you’re effective in givin counter’s to whatever i say…..most not justifiable
i think you better have your name as SAMALIPPU INDHIARGAL INSTEAD of SEARCHINDIA…that’s apt….(now what’s the counter for this??……you call me bull shit or what)
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: you call me bull shit or what
No, we doubt we have ever called you names.
While you Think It is worthwhile reading your Non sense reviews and even more your rotten comments Its not a sin to forgive my Typo (Osacar..to Oscar)..and Glad that you could Identify that it was Oscar.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write: While you Think It is worthwhile reading your Non sense reviews
Actually, it’s thousands of readers like you who think that our reviews and considered responses to the comments have some value.
Its too obvious that SI doesn’t know how to review a movie..SI thinks writing the negatives about a movie and exaggerating them would make him a good critique…
U gotta take a leaf out of critiques like Madan…
Instead of trying to correct others spelling mistakes,SI can learn the art of writing a decent critique…I am quite sure SI is not Shakespeare to have mastered English.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: SI thinks writing the negatives about a movie and exaggerating them would make him a good critique
Sad to say but 99.99% of Indian movies are plain garbage with nothing to recommend them. If anything, we are underplaying their faults.
You just have to watch nightmares like Satyam or Drona to realize the depths Indian movies have descended to.
To those who harbor delusions that Indian movies are going to take over the world, we say: Get real, folks. People would laugh these Bollywood & Kollywood buffoons off the screen anywhere but India.
Forget Hollywood. Even Hungary (a country much smaller than the state of Tamil Nadu in India) made a lovely movie called Kontroll (2003), so unlike anything we’ve watched come from India in recent years.
2. You write: Instead of trying to correct others spelling mistakes,SI can learn the art of writing a decent critique
We have always said that occasional mistakes (spelling, grammatical or even factual are fine…After all errare humanum est).
But it irritates us tremendously when a whole comment is riddled with spelling or factual errors. That shows lack of respect to us and to thousands of other readers like yourself who invest time in reading both the posts and the comments.
So if you or other readers don’t like the insistence on a certain minimum quality, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
Why does everyone love to hate SI? There’s nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade. If a movie sucks, it will suck whether it’s made in Hollywood, Bollywood, Kollywood, Germany, Brazil, France, etc.
Most of the dissenters on here remind me of 8 year old girls who come out of each movie they see and tell everyone that it’s “the greatest movie EVER!” But 8 year old girls usually don’t have to pay for movies and are just happy to be there and don’t really think about things like plot or acting.
SI has saved me much time and money over the past few months by helping me avoid fecal matter posing as a film reel projected into a theater. People should be grateful for SI’s no holds barred reviews.
SI has standards. When a movie comes along and gets a good review, I will know that it’s definitely a movie worth seeing and not one to waste time and money on.
@ The Gora
What you said applies to Bad movies. When a Movie is good..We all need to accept that the Movie is good
If you Continue to Argue with a Fool like this Reviewer, He will take you down with his sheer experience of Stupidity.
It is Not Wrong to Call a Spade a Spade, We have Watched the Movie too and We liked it.
His Reviews are mostly Sterotype. Do u know a Guy called Venkadu (A Bharatthanatyam Critic); He thinks he is one such Critic. He cannot Justify his Reviews Instead comments on the $15 he has lost.
What more can you comment on one who reviewed Thenali to a Garbage. If the reviewer things that 99.99% of Tamil movies are Garbage, according to Him Pokiri is the Greatest Movie that TFM has ever Produced.
Democracy of Film Reviewing and Negative Critizism has reached a new level with this So-called Garbage Blog and Nonsense Review.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: What more can you comment on one who reviewed Thenali to a Garbage.
Thenali is an insufferable lift of that nice Hollywood film What about Bob?
Where What about Bob delights with fine performances by Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss, Thenali disgusts with its crude jokes, silly song/dance scenes and a pitiful performance by Jayaram.
Readers can check for themselves. Both Thenali and What about Bob are available at Netflix.
2. You write: according to Him Pokiri is the Greatest Movie that TFM has ever Produced.
We never said Pokiri is the greatest movie that the Tamil film industry ever produced. We said it’s a good movie. There’s an ocean of a difference between a good movie and the greatest movie but you wouldn’t know it.
You can’t write coherently. You can’t understand what you read. You probably can’t speak straight given your reading & writing disabilities.
Wonder if you are capable of anything at all other than ranting against us.
u son of —–. how can u comment so bad on such a great film. which part of chennai are u from.. must be from cooum itself.. gautham has given the best frm a director and u can just comment. u dont deserve to live after giving such a review.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write: u dont deserve to live after giving such a review
So much agita over a review. Get a life, you dopehead.
We seriously doubt you were born to humans.
I wonder if we watched the same movie. Or does SI think its super cool to trash indian movies and hail non-indian movies!! We know to appreciate Forrest Gump et al, but some us here probably relate better to Tamil films. I’d rather watch an imperfect Tamil movie than an out-of-the-world Hungarian Kontroll.
SI said: “We seriously doubt you were born to humans.” Your vocabulary and unwarranted verbal assaults ain’t funny dude. Your wannabe rock star attitude sucks big time. Or perhaps, you’re such a pathetic loser in life that you want to vent your frustration here. Ofcourse this is your space and you can dish out whatever garbage you want, but you’re fast losing your credibility as a reviewer (if you were ever one)
Talking about the movie itself, it was a greatttt effort and definitely deserves merit. There were flaws alright, but they never left a bad taste. I could go on and on about some of the wonderful portions of the movie, but I’d rather not waste my time trying to convince you.
And SI said: “Except for the Adiye Kolluthey song (ugly picturization though), music in Vaaranam Aayiram is forgettable.”. Are you f***ing kidding me?!!! Nenjukkul peidhidum and Mundhinam paarthene are fabulous. And I don’t care if they were borrowed from some Latvian composer in some corner of the world.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write: some us here probably relate better to Tamil films. I’d rather watch an imperfect Tamil movie
You can cozy up to all the imperfections…After all, incestuous imperfections stick together.
2. You write above: Your vocabulary and unwarranted verbal assaults ain’t funny dude.
When folks say we deserve to die because of our review (as one of your country cousins did above), what would you have us do - tell them, please come shoot us.
No Sir, we ain’t turning the other cheek.
And you call our mild response to such threats an unwarranted assault…are you a complete dodo.
3. You write: Talking about the movie itself, it was a greatttt effort and definitely deserves merit
We ain’t paying $15 to appreciate pathetic efforts but to enjoy good results.
This fella Gautham ‘inept’ Menon suffers from diarrhea of the mouth (look at the sheer length of the movie) & constipation of ideas (look at the pathetic end-result).
Media reports from India suggest that the VA movie length has been cut by 15 minutes.
We strongly recommend VA should be cut by 2 hours:45 minutes so that viewers can just watch Gautham’s cloying homage to his late father and leave.
Too many viewers seem to like VA ….. maybe its time to accept facts …
BTW - you deleted the links from my post .. any specific reason
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: Too many viewers seem to like VA …..
Yeah, too many Germans liked that Jew-killer Hitler, too many Republicans here like our idiot President Bush, too many Tamils like that terrorist Prabhakaran, too many Gujjus like Modi… So what?
There will always be clowns who’ll like anything - good, bad and ugly because they can’t distinguish good from bad or bad from ugly.
2. You write: BTW - you deleted the links from my post .. any specific reason
Yes, we deleted the links but left your references to the other reviews intact, which means serious readers (provided they’ve heard of Google) can still find the links without much sweat.
SearchIndia.com was not set up to make it easy for other web sites to get traffic.
i needed to ask u a question.u said vikram is the best in the younger lot.. I too agree to it.. And also agree to what you said bout vijay n ajith. But what’s the problem with surya? Now he is a good actor right.. Don’t you feel that.. What do u think about his previous performances and which one do u feel is the best?
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. After Vikram, it’s definitely Surya in Tamil movies. We said that earlier too (when we compared just Surya, Vijay and Ajith).
2. In terms of breadth - whether in the expressions or dialog delivery, Surya has ways to go.
Examples of scenes in VA where the younger Surya was plain awful: When the father tells him at the college gate: You are on your own now. We are two grownup men. Take care kiddo. 2. The Oklahoma bombing scene or when he’s on the phone to his parents. That scene when he was on the phone was like seeing Sivaji Ganesan at his worst (scary thought, eh?). 3. The depth of his love for Meghna (Sameera Reddy) never comes through. It’s as if he was just going through the motions of love to get the check from the producer.
In Forrest Gump, the depth of Tom Hanks’ love for Jenny comes through on several occasions. Examples 1. When he expresses his love to her in the house and promises to take good care of her 2. Toward the end, when Tom Hanks is standing by her grave under their favorite tree 3. When Tom Hanks assaults one of the customers at that strip-club because the guy was behaving badly with Jenny.
We look at a movie as a marathon…it’s not enough for you to just lead in the first one hour or the middle of the race. You have to win the race…Surya’s problem is that in many scenes, he just loses it badly and ultimately loses the race.
3. We liked Surya in Kaakha Kaakha. It was a lovely movie.
u said vikram is the best among the younger lot.. I agree to it.. Also to what u said about Vijay and ajith too. But what about surya? He is good right? Don’t u think he is a good actor? Which movie do u think is his best? He has done his best in VA too. Right?
SearchIndia.com Responds:
We have already responded at length to the points raised in your earlier comment (pl see above).
We work on U.S. Eastern Time. So please be patient if your comment is not processed immediately.
And No, Surya has not done the best in VA. It was a mediocre performance.
i too accept critics is somewat harsh. but at the same time we need to accept the fact…i saw this movie today at arathana(chennai), audience really got restless during the last 40mins..literally they waiting for the movie to finish.no matter how it ends..
To be honest, it is a simple movie with a boring ordinary climax…nobody can tolerate watching for 3hrs watching, multiple episodes of same men who is actually not the protagonist..director wants to make a tribute movie for Dads but failed to portray that, as script got much diluted by focussing more towards the son…
anyway kudos to the contribution of Suriya, simran, harris jeyaraj, the cameraman.
To me for as dad-son’s sentiments are concern recent tamil movies like thavamai thavamIrunthu, Em Magan scripts are much better the VA, that too with low budget of 3crores and made in less than 4months…
so you can this movie for jus killing ur time…dont go with expectations…
Dei Ku***,
If you feel cheated for paying $15, and watch it then come to kasi in chennai and buy RS 10 ticket and watch it cheap.
or pay $12 and watch a strip show at edison, which is what would be the only job left in the apple..
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: pay $12 and watch a strip show at edison, which is what would be the only job left in the apple..
Strip shows, lap-dances…oh, we love em buddy, we love em.
Anna, if you tell us the address of the strip show joint at Edison (NJ), we’ll give you $3.60. Yes, we know you are a hard-working pimp so we won’t rob you of your commission.
What did you like about the VA movie…you never told us.
Like 16th century Europeans cheering a witch-burning at the stake, you just want to join the unruly mob.
Get back to pimping, mongrel…after all, you have many whores to feed.
hey whi is the one who have written the comments about the film…it really sounds disgusting and makes evryone feel the film is really bad..are u an indian to disgrace the relation of a father and a son.please do be careful in uttering ur words fr review for next films and fr ur sake its a very good slow moving film…nice to watch
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: makes evryone feel the film is really bad..
You are right. Vaaranam Aayiram is not a bad film.
It’s a disgusting piece of shit. Watch Forrest Gump and then you’ll realize why we called this VA crap as Cooum Dump.
I’ve been following SI for sometime and I totally enjoy your shred-dery of pathetic movies coming out of India. I spent nearly 250 bucks watching VA in a multiplex and I thought it was OK compared to other pieces of garbage recently.
So I logged in to check how SI has reviewed it and I was a bit sad that you guys gave it the enema treatment. But as much as I enjoy your well-worded reviews as that of your quips on commentators, I had to forcibly shake out the sadness to enjoy your patient, justified and witty answers to heart-burnt repliers to your post.
Parts of the film I liked - the teen Surya felt nostalgic to me - with baggy pants, chiding chicks et al
Initially I was drawn to an attempted realistic screenplay but was dragged at may parts to put you to sleep.
A coupla songs were good; Surya is getting good at acting.
P.S On a diff note, Have you watched Akira Kurasawa’s ‘the Seven Samurai’, Yojimbo etc?
P.P.S - ‘Taxi Driver’ seen yet? I thought this movie was better than the over-hyped Godfather series.
Cheers!
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. Let the naysaying cretins babble all they want, we insist Vaaranam Aayiram is completely inspired by Forrest Gump.
So if you are going to make a movie borrowing techniques/ideas from another successful movie, you’d better deliver at least the same quality.
Unfortunately, VA is not even a tenth as good as Forrest Gump. This Gauthan ‘inept’ Menon fella is an amateur. Kaaka Kaakha was an aberration in his career. A fluke.
We’ve said this repeatedly to the whackos here (but it’s falling on deaf ears): Do not take our word for it. Watch Forrest Gump and then see Vaaranam Aayiram. Only then will you understand that VA is worse than kuppai (rubbish).
2. You write: I thought it was OK compared to other pieces of garbage recently
Guess, if you compare VA to offal like Satyam, Kuruvi, Aegan or Bheema, VA comes off looking better.
But we hold Tamil & Hindi movies to a higher standard.
3. You write above: ‘Taxi Driver’ seen yet? I thought this movie was better than the over-hyped Godfather series.
Taxi Driver is excellent, one of our favorites. Here’s a quote from the movie (hope you like it):
Here’s the YouTube version of the scene.
4. Added the Seven Samurai’ & Yojimbo to our Netflix queue. Thanks to Netflix, we have access to a cornucopia of films, both foreign and Indian.
I have seen the movie twice and I am going again too. The movie is nice not bad at all and am sure its worth watching.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: I have seen the movie twice and I am going again too
Do tell us which masochistic club you patronize.
Hindus chant the Gayatri Mantra…Christians read the Bible…Muslims the Koran.
In your case, your constant mantra must surely be Whip Me, Whip Me…Harder, Harder, Whip Me Harder, Please…
We’ve always wondered how Red Welts look on Dark Skin…could you please post some pictures?